Investigation and Research on Plant Allocation Models of the Natural Communities of Aphananthe aspera of Yuntai Mountain in Jiangsu

Natural plant community ought to be treated as a major source for plant landscape design. The community of Aphananthe aspera of Jiangsu, which was selected as the research object, has fascinating seasonal landscape and high scientific research value. Species importance and diversity, seasonal and spatial structure, and age class structure of the community of Aphananthe aspera were analyzed. Two models of plant arrangement that are suitable for plant landscape with autumn-color leaf or spring and summer flower were refined. Also, methods were summarized for constructing artificial plant community landscape by simulating natural plant community. The models can be applied in northern Jangsu and northern Anhui for simulation design of natural plant community landscape, pouring fresh elements and more regional characteristics into urban and rural landscape plants design, and providing methodological reference.